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David Gilmour marks ‘The Luck and Strange Concerts’ release with ‘Comfortably Numb’ performance
Cover of David Gilmour’s ‘The Luck and Strange Concerts’/(Sony Music) Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour has released The Luck and Strange Concerts, a live album featuring performances from his 2024 tour. To mark the occasion, he’s released a live

Neil Young celebrating 50th anniversary of ‘Tonight’s the Night’ with limited-edition reissue
Reimagined cover of Neil Young’s ‘Tonight’s The Night’/(Warner Records) Neil Young is set to reissue his 1975 album Tonight’s the Night in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The reissue will feature six bonus tracks, as well as a previously unreleased

Foo Fighters are ‘about to take flight’ in possible new music teaser
Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ (ABC/Randy Holmes) Are Foo Fighters teasing new music? Dave Grohl and company have posted a video on Instagram featuring an image of a parrot perched in front of

Musicians pay tribute to KISS guitarist Ace Frehley
Ace Frehley performs in concert opening for Alice Cooper at HEB Center on October 19, 2021 in Cedar Park, Texas. (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images) Following the announcement of KISS founding guitarist Ace Frehley’s death Thursday, several

On This Day, Oct. 17, 1980: Bruce Springsteen released his fifth album, ‘The River’
On This Day, Oct. 17, 1980 … Bruce Springsteen released his fifth studio album, The River – his only double album to date. The project was originally intended as a single album called The Ties That Bind, but Springsteen canceled its

Def Leppard’s Rick Allen reveals the memorable moment that left him in tears
Rick Allen of Def Leppard performs onstage during the 2025 Backyard Concert supporting Teen Cancer America and the UCLA Health Center at a private residence on October 03, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty

KISS’ Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons & Peter Criss pay tribute to Ace Frehley
Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, and Gene Simmons of the rock and roll band Kiss pose for a portrait session in January 1975 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) KISS founding guitarist

Ace Frehley, founding guitarist of KISS, dead at 74
Singer/guitarist Ace Frehley performs at Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre on October 07, 2021 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Jeff Hahne/Getty Images) Ace Frehley, the founding guitarist for the rock band KISS, has died at age

New Freddie Mercury lyric book coming in 2026
Freddie Mercury (1946 – 1991) of British rock group Queen performs at the Live Aid concert at Wembley Stadium in London, 13th July 1985. The concert raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. (Photo by Jacques Langevin/Sygma/Sygma

Jeremy Allen White said he got a migraine recording Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the U.S.A.’
Jeremy Allen White and Bruce Springsteen on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’/((Disney/Randy Holmes) Bruce Springsteen may make it look easy to sing “Born in the U.S.A.” in concert, but Jeremy Allen White learned that it’s anything but. The Bear